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At Fox Glacier Guiding, we work hard to try to create an environment where our people love to come to work. It’s a family kind of environment and although we work hard, we also have a lot of fun. We’re a close knit team, working together in a small town and we’re passionate about the product we deliver and the environment we work and play in.
We consider that happy staff makes for happy customers and we try to make our friendly, down to earth, service experience a point of difference for our business.
Below are some photos and information on some of our team...
Member Spotlight
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Geoff DeLaune aka 'Tex'
/ Glacier Guide
Geoff is one of 3 of our guides who recently went on a 5 week adventure in Nepal to climb Island Peak (6189m). You can follow their adventures on their blog www.foxtonepal.blogspot.com, and read about their latest adventure below...
Passang, Richard and I arrived in Nepal about 3 wks ago and we did a 12 day trek to Island Peak. The name sums it up, it is literally an island amongst 7000-8000m peaks surrounding it.
The trek up was all about acclimatizing, getting your body used to the increasing lack of oxygen. We worked our way up the many tea houses, meeting Passang's many cousins, friends, and family. The summit is pretty popular, as it is a trekking peak, but still required some steep sustained climbs. A fixed rope was on the ridge line and went up about 150m. The altitude was nothing like I thought, and walking up from base camp was intense. I think I blacked out a bit there, as I was sucking oxygen like you wouldn’t believe. We made it to the summit after I decided to free climb a section of vertical snow slope.....it was intense that high, but I had to give it a go. Passang led the way up and set up fixed rope so we could jumar up. I was half way through the free climb, sucking in all the air I could...so I clipped in and finished up on the rope...it was intense...the climbing was pretty straight forward, but the altitude was a killer. We made it to the summit, looked down at all the other groups approaching the summit. We had got up at midnight, and left camp at 1am, walking through the other teams base camps with our lights, and were the first team on the summit.
It was such an intense, spiritual, emotional experience. Overall it was an 18hr day, walking back to towns (1500m down) to try and rid the altitude headaches we all received. We came to find out a Japanese tourist had died the day before on the same peak. He suffered severe altitude sickness and had to be carried down from the summit back down to the town (Dingboche). He died the next day.... sad, but that's how serious acclimatizing is. We spent a total of 4-5 days getting used to the altitude, and didn’t smoke of drink all the way up.....but after we summited we headed down to about 3500m and celebrated my birthday in smashing fashion!
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Fox Glacier Guiding Members
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Rob Jewell
/ CEO
Rob joined the team in February 2007. He has injected a huge amount of enthusiasm and knowledge into the company after spending the past 19 years working in the tourism industry. Contact him on 03 751 0825 ext 3 or e-mail rob@foxguides.co.nz.
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Dee Glasgow
/ Sales and Marketing Co-Ordinator
Dee Glasgow joined the company in reservations after her 2 year adventure around the world and has now taken on the role of Sales and Marketing Co-Ordinator. Contact Dee on 03 751 0825 or email dee@foxguides.co.nz
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Marius Bron
/ Lead Guide
Marius is responsible for training the guiding team and leads the way in ensuring that the tracks in the valley and on the glacier are well maintained and clients are safe at all times. He is contactable on 03 751 0825 ext 7 or e-mail marius@foxguides.co.nz.
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Krissy Mitchell
/ Retail and Accounts Manager
Krissy, the longest serving member of the team joined the company way back in 1997. Her shopping skills are a force to be reckoned with! Contact her on 03 751 0825 ext 5 or e-mail krissy@foxguides.co.nz.
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Joan Spinks
/ Retail Manager: Glacier Shop
Joan is the manager of our retail store based in Franz Josef. She is passionate about the products that the store sells and her enthusiasm for the ingenuity and talent of NZ's artists is equally matched by her fantastic team. Contact Joan on 03 752 0131 or e-mail glaciershop@foxguides.co.nz.
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Karen James
/ Hobnail Cafe Manager
Karen has worked for the company in numerous roles over the years and more recently has taken over managing the Hobnail Cafe located in our building, ensuring that our team remain well nourished! Her spaghetti buns are legendary! Contact Karen on 03 751 0005 or e-mail karen@foxguides.co.nz.
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Geoff DeLaune aka 'Tex'
/ Glacier Guide
Geoff is one of 3 of our guides who recently went on a 5 week adventure in Nepal to climb Island Peak (6189m). You can follow their adventures on their blog www.foxtonepal.blogspot.com, and read about their latest adventure below...
Passang, Richard and I arrived in Nepal about 3 wks ago and we did a 12 day trek to Island Peak. The name sums it up, it is literally an island amongst 7000-8000m peaks surrounding it.
The trek up was all about acclimatizing, getting your body used to the increasing lack of oxygen. We worked our way up the many tea houses, meeting Passang's many cousins, friends, and family. The summit is pretty popular, as it is a trekking peak, but still required some steep sustained climbs. A fixed rope was on the ridge line and went up about 150m. The altitude was nothing like I thought, and walking up from base camp was intense. I think I blacked out a bit there, as I was sucking oxygen like you wouldn’t believe. We made it to the summit after I decided to free climb a section of vertical snow slope.....it was intense that high, but I had to give it a go. Passang led the way up and set up fixed rope so we could jumar up. I was half way through the free climb, sucking in all the air I could...so I clipped in and finished up on the rope...it was intense...the climbing was pretty straight forward, but the altitude was a killer. We made it to the summit, looked down at all the other groups approaching the summit. We had got up at midnight, and left camp at 1am, walking through the other teams base camps with our lights, and were the first team on the summit.
It was such an intense, spiritual, emotional experience. Overall it was an 18hr day, walking back to towns (1500m down) to try and rid the altitude headaches we all received. We came to find out a Japanese tourist had died the day before on the same peak. He suffered severe altitude sickness and had to be carried down from the summit back down to the town (Dingboche). He died the next day.... sad, but that's how serious acclimatizing is. We spent a total of 4-5 days getting used to the altitude, and didn’t smoke of drink all the way up.....but after we summited we headed down to about 3500m and celebrated my birthday in smashing fashion!
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